This section assesses students' inductive reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and number facility. The test presents a set of numbers, and the student is to select the number that would come next in the series.
In order to answer a question, the student will need to:
- Figure out the pattern from the given number series;
- From the choices, select the one comes next in the series following the same pattern
Below shows a number of typical patterns and examples
- Adding a certain number to get the next:
1. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
1591317 ⇒D
- Deducting a certain number to get the next:
2. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
109876 ⇒B
- Adding the previous two numbers to get the next:
3. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
1235813 ⇒C
- Every 3 numbers repeat:
4. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
1351351351 ⇒E
- Every 3 numbers repeat with order changes:
5. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
123312231123 ⇒B
- Every 4 numbers repeat:
6. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
⇒B
- Every 4 numbers as a group:
7. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
123422343234423⇒B
- Adding one to both denominator and numerator to get the next fraction:
8. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
⇒A
- Each number is square number in sequence:
9. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
149162536 ⇒C
- Appending a digit following certain pattern to get the next number:
10. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
565656665666566 ⇒E